Overview
The position
We are looking for a talented on Director of Data Management – Big Data Engineering, who will focus on building company’s data lake using Databricks and AWS.
This position reports to the VP of Data Insight. You will use your big data technology skills to identify latest technologies and to provide architectural and design direction to a team of engineers building data lake. Up to 50% of your time, will be hands-on technical work where you will develop and enhance a user-friendly, highly available Big Data Platform. You will help to build ETL pipelines in SQL, Python, and Spark, and solve data issues as they arise during development, deployment and operations.
If you are hired to work in or travel to the NYC Office, you will be required to provide proof that you have received the COVID-19 vaccine.
Who you are
The ideal candidate is a hands-on and outcomes-oriented technology leader with extensive experience designing, building, and supporting modern big data solutions.
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Partner with product management team and various business teams to understand the requirements and architect the solution.
- Partner with other tech leads and senior engineers across multiple teams and orgs to gather system requirements, gut check new feature proposals, and drive large system improvements.
- Provide the team the tools, confidence, and motivation to make decisions independently that lead to their personal and professional success.
- Responsible for group’s technical strategy and roadmap - creating success metrics in close collaboration with other Engineering and Product Managers.
- Experiment with new technologies, and conduct proof of concept which then is presented to tech peers.
- Mentor the professional development of each engineer by helping them build and execute personal development plans that map to our organization goals. Aggressively recruit and hire talented engineers.
Qualifications
Required skills and competencies
- Experience in architecting, designing and building high scale, near real-time data solutions and batch data processing pipelines
- On-shore and off-shore team management experience
- Experience in designing error-free and/or self-healing solution
- Strong hands on experience in Python, SQL, and Spark
- Experience in Databricks, Delta Lake, Parquet, Hive, PySpark, and Spark SQL
- Proficient in one or more environments: Linux, Windows, and/or iOS
About A Place For Mom
We’re the leading online platform connecting families searching for senior care with a team of experienced local advisors providing insight-driven, personalized solutions. As the nation’s most trusted senior advisory service, we are a mission-based organization that enables caregivers to make the best senior living decisions for their loved ones. With hundreds of senior living experts nationwide, A Place for Mom helps hundreds of thousands of families each year simplify the process of finding the right senior care solution across home care, independent living, memory care, assisted living, and more. Our services are offered at no cost to families as we’re paid by the 14K+ communities and 3K+ providers in our network.
Recently awarded one of the 2022 Best Places to work in NY and Best HR teams by Comparably, the leading workplace culture and brand reputation platform, A Place for Mom is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Employees who thrive at A Place for Mom live our values every day:
- Focus on Excellence
- Act with Integrity & Assume Positive Intent
- Drive Outcomes Every Day with Passion and A Sense of Mission
- Make the Lives of our Families and Customers Better, Easier and More Successful
- Realize the Full Potential in Each Team Member. Work as a Single Supportive Team
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